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Saturday, January 28th - Sunday, February 5th

Sun Valley Nordic Festival [read more]

Wednesday, February 8th

6pm - Cast and Director of GOD OF CARNAGE Discussion - [read more]

Thursday, February 9th

6pm - Impact Investing: How to Invest for People, Planet, and Profit - [read more]

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Calendar

2012

January

28 Sat - Feb 5 Sun

Sun Valley Nordic Festival

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February

	8 Wed	6pm - Cast and Director of GOD OF CARNAGE Discussion - A discussion with the director, set designer and actors of Company of Fools’ February production of Yasmina Reza’s Tony Award winning play, GOD OF CARNAGE. The production, under the direction of Gary Hopper, features John Glenn, Keith Moore, Denise Simone & Patsy Wygle with set design by Joe Lavigne. The show will run at the Liberty Theatre from February 15 to March 3. [ more info ]
	9 Thu	6pm - Impact Investing: How to Invest for People, Planet, and Profit - All investments have social, environmental and financial impacts, the question is “what kinds of impact?” This presentation will offer an array of options to help ensure that your investments have a positive impact. Whether you have millions or a small IRA and bank account, you can put your money to work in a way that supports the environment, communities, and corporate responsibility. [ more info ]
	9 Thu	7:30pm - Our Moveable Feast at the Movies! THE LAST PICTURE SHOW - At the Magic Lantern: Owner Rick Kessler is opening the doors to one of his Screening Rooms to present, free to the public, four of this year's Our Moveable Feast Selections. [ more info ]
	14 Tue	6pm - Music Series: Screening of INTRODUCTION TO ROMANTICISM From the Teaching Company film series, featuring Professor Robert Greenberg (45 mins.). Discussion to follow. [ more info ]
	16 Thu	7:30pm - Our Moveable Feast at the Movies! SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE - At the Magic Lantern: Owner Rick Kessler is opening the doors to one of his Screening Rooms to present, free to the public, four of this year's Our Moveable Feast Selections. [ more info ]
	20 Mon	President's Day - Library Closed
	22 Wed	6pm - Author CHERIE BURNS ~ Searching for Beauty: The Life of Millicent Rogers - Cherie Burns will discuss her latest book, Searching for Beauty--The Life of Millicent Rogers, the first comprehensive biography of the Standard Oil heiress and fashion icon. Rogers lived a life emblematic of the first half of the Twentieth Century. From New York, Southampton, Paris, Austria, Washington, D.C.and Hollywood to Taos, New Mexico she created a sensation and invariably left a stylist impression. After three husbands and a series of lovers that included Ian Fleming, Roald Dahl, James Forrestal and Clark Gable, Rogers settled in New Mexico and reinvented herself a final time in an unpredictable resolution to her high-flying history. [ more info ]
	23 Thu	7:30pm - Our Moveable Feast at the Movies! OUT OF AFRICA - At the Magic Lantern: Owner Rick Kessler is opening the doors to one of his Screening Rooms to present, free to the public, four of this year's Our Moveable Feast Selections. [ more info ]
	29 Wed	6pm - The Once and Future Mine: Idaho's Mining History and Future Prospects - How did mining help shape Idaho's history? TOM BLANCHARD will talk about rise and fall (and rise) of mining in Idaho and will talk in depth about the Minnie Moore mine. JOHN ROBISON will talk about new mining proposals such as the Thompson Creek Mine, environmental issues such as impacts of mining waste on water quality, and the politics of reforming the Mining Law of 1872. [ more info ]

March

	1 Thu	6pm -The Role of Women in the Arab Spring - Medical doctor, public health specialist, and a past Fulbright post doctorate research scholar at Columbia University, Dr. HENIS DAKKAK was posted to the Choucha refugee camp on the Tunisia-Libya border during the height of the recent conflict in Libya. Dr. Dakkak was working to mobilize efforts to provide emergency reproductive health care, but also important psychosocial serves to affected populations. Dr. Dakkak also assessed the situation on the Egypt-Libya border and established humanitarian service programs targeting refugees and migrant workers. In April 2011, she traveled to Benghazi during the Libya conflict and conducted an inter-agency needs assessment focusing on women and girls, establishing the UNFPA presence inside Libya and programs to address reproductive health services. [ more info ]
	6 Tue	6pm - Murder Most Nerdy - What do you get when chick lit meets information technology? Murder Most Nerdy! Maddi Davidson - the writing team of Mary Ann and Diane Davidson - draw on years of inflicting information technology on unsuspecting end users, decades of dating, and genetically identical twisted senses of humor to create a new murder mystery genre: the Miss-Information Technology series. The authors will discuss bicoastal writing (they live 3000 miles apart), how to write like a 20 something when you clearly aren't, and describe the world of Emma Elizabeth Jones, an information security consultant whose claim to fame is finding four corpses in five months. [ more info ]
	8 Thu	7:30pm - Our Moveable Feast at the Movies! THE GODFATHER - Magic Lantern: Owner Rick Kessler is opening the doors to one of his Screening Rooms to present, free to the public, four of this year's Our Moveable Feast Selections. [ more info ]
	10 Sat	Library Closed
	11 Sun	OUR MOVEABLE FEAST~THE LAST PICTURE SHOW Cocktails, wine, and dining by fabulous local restaurants and caterers, plus a silent auction. [ more info ]
	12 Mon	Library Closed
	12 Mon	Library Closed [ more info ]
	13 Tue	6:30pm - Upbeat with Aladair Neale - Sponsored by the Sun Valley Summer Symphony. [ more info ]
	14 Wed	6pm - Dyslexia Demystified - What is it? Who has it? What can be done about it? Dyslexia affects at least one in ten individuals. It is an unexpected difficulty with word reading, spelling, reading fluency, and -- by extension -- reading comprehension. As common as the condition may be, myths and misunderstandings abound. We'll review the facts of prevalence, symptomology, development and treatment -- with reference to current neuroscientific, cognitive, and educational research -- and with practical advice for parents, students, and teachers. [ more info ]
	20 Tue	6pm - Music Series: Screening of INTRODUCTION TO THE 20th CENTURY IMPRESSIONISM AND MODERNISM From the Teaching Company film series, featuring Professor Robert Greenberg(45 mins.). Discussion to follow. [ more info ]

April

25 Wed

6pm - Music Series: Screening TBA -

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May

28 Mon

Memorial Day - Library Closed

July

4 Wed

Independence Day - Library Closed

August

	3 Fri	5:30 - Home Tour Opening Party
	4 Sat	Tour of Homes
	16 Thu	6pm - Author Brandon Jones - Details to follow. [ more info ]
	23 Thu	6pm - Michael Cannell - [ more info ]

September

	1 Sat	Wagon Days - Library Closed
	3 Mon	Labor Day - Library Closed

October

18 Thu - 20 Sat

Ernest Hemingway Symposium: Hemingway and Politics
The 4th annual Ernest Hemingway Symposium will focus on "Hemingway and Politics," investigating Hemingway's life and writing were influenced by the world in which he lived, and how he may have used his writing to change that world.
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November

22 Thu

Thanksgiving - Library Closed

December

25 Tue

Christmas - Library Closed